 spell wizard level 1 school divination reversible range 300 yards comp v duration instantaneous cast_time 2 aoe special save none hornung one of the leading wizards in the field of wild magic before his untimely disappearance while experimenting with   wildwind   developed this spell to improve the accuracy of his estimates the spell provides a wizard with an instant and highly accurate estimate of the number of persons or objects in a group the spell spell's area of effect is one group of a general class of objects all objects of the group must be within spell range and the group as a whole must be visible to the caster the wizard need not see every individual in the group merely the general limits of the group group's size and area for example a wizard on a hill could look down on a forest and estimate the number of trees in all or part of it he could not get an estimate of the number of goblin goblins within the forest however since the group as a whole the goblin goblins is concealed from sight the estimate generated is accurate to the largest factor of ten rounded up for example if  hornung  hornung's guess  were cast on a group of 439 horsemen the estimate would be 400 if there were 2 670 horsemen the spell would estimate 3 000 if there were 37 horsemen the answer would be 40 clearly using the spell on small groups especially those with fewer than 10 members is pointless  hornung  hornung's guess  can be used to quickly estimate the size of treasure hoards and army units it is particularly popular with moneylenders and generals 